Michael Faraday (Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences)

Gladstone, John Hall

ISBN 10: 1108070094 / ISBN 13: 9781108070096

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2014

About this Item

A short 1872 work relating the life and research of a scientific pioneer, giving a friend's insights into Faraday's character. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250. . 2014. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Michael Faraday (Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108070094
• ISBN 13: 9781108070096
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Encouraged to share his memories of Michael Faraday (1791–1867), John Hall Gladstone (1827–1902) published in 1872 this short work about his late friend's life and career. Faraday's successor as Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, Gladstone discusses how Faraday approached science, and the value of his discoveries. Offering informed insights into Faraday's character, Gladstone includes a number of extracts from personal letters. The work also includes a translation of part of the eulogy given by Jean-Baptiste Dumas at the Académie des Sciences, as well as an anonymous poem honouring Faraday and published in Punch shortly after his death. An appendix lists the numerous learned societies to which Faraday belonged. Also reissued in this series are The Life and Letters of Faraday (1870), compiled by Henry Bence Jones, and John Tyndall's Faraday as a Discoverer (1868).

Book Description

Encouraged to share his memories of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), the chemist John Hall Gladstone (1827-1902) wrote this short work discussing the life and career of his late friend. Gladstone offers informed insights into Faraday's character, and includes several extracts from his letters.